Rosa Gimeno Sanz

, which explored the effects of dietary sugar intake and discovered that the source of sugar can make all the difference..

It all might be best expressed in her version of a black-and-white cookie, a vanilla-sugar number that is soft and tender where the OG version is dry and cakey, with glossy ganache and egg-white frosting where a purist might have settled for fondant.With one bite it resolves every broken promise of every black-and-white that came before it, reminding us that in the hands of a true technician, relics have plenty of fight left in them.. 05. of 10.

Michael Gallina—Vicia, St. Louis."Working with Dan Barber played a huge part in shaping who I am as a chef.The reason I came home to St. Louis was to further what he taught me and bring it to a place I knew I could do some good.".

Michael Gallina spent four years as chef de cuisine at Dan Barber's farm and restaurant Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Westchester County, New York, an experience that instilled a reverence for vegetables.But to bring that sensibility to St. Louis—home to ag giant Monsanto's world headquarters?

That takes some grit.. Vicia.

is named for a common Midwestern cover crop that restores nutrients in the soil.Steam helps the aromatic value of the truffle.. — Randy Rucker.

Rucker is notorious in Philly for his.generous portions of caviar and truffles.

on his otherwise mid-Atlantic-focused dishes.When it comes to truffles, less pungent varieties incite comments from guests like, “It’s not as aromatic as I’ve had in the past.”.